User:Aachen research/Rafael Kramann

Rafael Johannes Thomas Kramann (*1981 in Euskirchen) is a German nephrologist working in the nephrology department in the university hospital in Aachen (Uniklinik Aachen). He is well known for his work in the field of fibrosis and experimental treatments for this condition.

Life and Work
Kramann studied medicine at the RWTH Aachen University and did his doctorate at the local clinic for cardiology and angiology. From 2008 he was an assistant doctor at the Clinic for Nephrology and Clinical Immunology. As a postdoctoral fellow he worked with Benjamin Humphreys (and Benjamin Ebert) at Harvard University.[1] Today (as of 2022) Kramann is Senior Physician at the Clinic for Kidney and Hypertension Diseases, Rheumatic and Immunological Diseases, Professor of Internal Medicine and Director of the Institute for Experimental Internal Medicine and Systems Biology at the University Hospital Aachen.

Kramann conducts translational research on organ fibrosis and was able to make a significant contribution to elucidating the origin of myofibroblasts in fibrosis and to identifying the protein Nkd 2 as a target for potential drug development against fibrosis.

According to Google Scholar, Kramann has an h-index of 53[2], according to the Scopus database it is 43[3] (each as of April 2023).

Awards (Selection)

 * 2019 Franz-Volhard-Preis der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Nephrologie
 * 2021 Theodor-Frerichs-Preis der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Innere Medizin
 * 2021 Wilhelm-Vaillant-Preis der Wilhelm-Vaillant-Stiftung

Weblinks

 * Institut für Experimentelle Innere Medizin und Systembiologie (ukaachen.de)
 * kramannlab.com